Pick or tool handle



Mar; 13, .1923.

D. E. LILLEY ET AL PICK OR TOOL HANDLE Filed May 19, 1922 A F f//Jll7/////// ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

DENNIS E. LILLEY AND GEORGE W. CAUIEFIELD, F BOLIVAB, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed May 19, 1922.

This invention is a pick or tool handle,

and the chief object is to provide a simple and efiicient form ofhandle, Whichinay be readily adjusted to the pick head, or removedtherefrom, as desired. Another object is to provide a handle which Willstand up under the stress of use, and at the same time will have acertain resiliency in the hands of the Workman, rendering it lessfatiguing in use.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a pick equipped with thisimproved handle.

Figure 2 is a detail of the two-piece head socket.

Fi ure 3 is a detail of the head Wedge.

Figure 4- is a detail or" the threaded handle 1 e. p l igure 5 is adetail of the collar fitting over the tapered ends or" the head socket.

Figure 6 is a detail of the hollow Wooden handle fitting over the handlepipe shown in Figure 4:.

Figure 7 is a detail of one of the ferrules encircling each end of thehollow handle to prevent splitting.

Figure 8 is a detail of the end collar for the free end of the handle.

Figure 9 is a detail of the threaded belt for screwing down into thethreaded end of the handle pipe at the free end of the handle. Theinvention includes a Wooden handle 1, having a longitudinal bore 16, andtearrules 2 at its ends, and adapted to freely receive the handle pipe3, which is interiorly threaded at each of its ends i and 5. The pipe 3is somewhat shorter than the handle Serial No. 562,153. n

pipe 8 and engages the tapered ends 7 of a two-piece head socket 8, thelatter being shaped and adapted to be inserted into and engage the eye 9of the piclr 10, or other similar tool. A head Wedge 11, threaded at 12is adapted to extend through the head socket 8 and engage the threadedend 4 of the pipe 3. As the Wedge is turned down the tapered shoulders13 expand the two-piece socket 8, thereby locking the handle to thetool. The end collar 14 is then placed over the free end of the handle,and the bolt 15 is passed down tlierethrough, into the threaded end 5 ofthe pipe 3. By turning this bolt down tightly, the handle elements areall locked snugly to the tool head.

While We have herein described a certain specific method of constructingand assem= bling the elements of our invention, it is understood samemay be varied in minor details. not departing from the spirit of our in-'vcntion as defined in the appended claim.

We claim:

In combination With a tool head having an eye, a removable handletherefor; comprising a Wooden handle having a longitudinal borethere-through; a handle pipe threaded interiorly in each end and adaptedto pass Within the bore of the Wooden han die; a two-piece, tapered headsocket adapted to engage the eye of the tool; a collar to fit over anend of the handle pipe and receive the tapered ends of the head socket;a threaded Wedge to pass through the head socket and threadedly engagethat end of the pipe; a collar for the free end of the handle; and athreaded bolt to pass through the last mentioned collar and threadedlyengage that end of the pipe.

RUssELL ST. CLAIR, ALBERT MURPHY.

